Posted 13 years ago
syekey1
(7 items)
The top left has no markings other than the word POSTAL, the brown porcelain has no markings at all. The bottom left is a McLaughlin 16. It has s crack inside the glass, but I think it's so pretty :) The bottom right insulator has no markings other than an embossed star. There is a notch or something of the sort in the bottom of it.
I'm especially interested in knowing about the POSTAL one, and the one marked with a star :)
I'm new to collecting insulators, in fact I don't really consider myself a collector of anything - except now I think I may be because I love insulators, and regardless of their condition, I just want to have them. I think they're so beautiful, solid, and elemental.
![CD 263 [40] Pat'D May 12 1891 Columbia dark aqua glass insulator](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y3IAAeSw6Qtq1-j7/s-l225.jpg)
I have always liked the beehive shaped insulators, here is a link to some info on Postal.
You'll have to scroll down the page some.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insulators.info%2Farticles%2Fbrookfield-145-creb.pdf
David
Another link for you on the Postal Telegraph Co.
http://www.cjow.com/archive/article.php?month=4&a=04POSTAL%20BEEHIVES.htm&year=2003
David
The Star one could be a Star pony insulator, Consolidated Design (CD) number 102
Link to some info on the star-embossed glass insulators
http://natsulators.com/misc/stars.php
The notch looks like they were short on glass possibly.
David
David, thank you so much! I will follow these links and see what I find! The Postal one is really beautiful. Definitely one of my favorites! But, really, I love them all :)